but w we will watch. >> two episodes right now and we do expect to be reporting some new developments in the new year on this case. >> great to work with you. tonight at 7:00. "outnumbered" starts right now. >> we begin with a fox news alert, lawmakers speaking out amid new concerns over rising anti-semitic violence. the suspect accused of breaking into the rabbis home in new york saturday night during a hanukkah celebration. he is pleading not guilty to five counts of attempted murder and one count of burglary. this is just the latest in a string of incidents targeting jewish communities on the east coast and all across the country. authorities this morning announcing our private security team would volunteer to help protect the community. >> and they are going to be lending assistance to augment

the efforts being done by municipal law enforcement personnel in order to ensure number of things. most i there are plenty of resources available to make sure that thee being tended to and can have some sense of peace of mind. with you today. here also, fox news contributor, rachel campos duffy, ca kat tim, and capri cafaro. in the center seat today, richard fowler, radio talk show host and fox news contributor. we will get a reaction from everybody on the couch in just a moment but up first, let's go to muncie new york with the very latest. jackie? >> good afternoon, heather. there are reports that this aspect is being investigated in connection to a second synagogue stabbing in this town from back in november. a man was walking into a

synagogue, was stabbed multiple times and police never made any arrests in that case. investigators have not returned our calls on that. but we are looking into it, hoping to get an answer from his attorneys as well as investigators. 38-year-old pleaded not guilty, police say thomas stormed out of rabbis during a hanukkah celebration, hacking five people with a machete before trying to get into the synagogue then next door. the rabbi's own son is still in critical condition. new york governor andrew cuomo called it an act of domestic terrorism. there's been an uptick in anti-semitic attacks around the state. there's been one anti-semitic each day since december 23rd including an incident on christmas day when a man in traditional clothing was punched in the phase in brooklyn and another one oh ji a jewish woman

walking with her child was beaten in the head with a bag. this is suspect's family says this is not what it seems, they are claiming thomas has a long history of mental illness and hospitalizations, riding "he has no known history of anti-semitism and was raised in a home which embraced and respected all religions and races. he is not a member of any hate groups. there are armed private security guards at this house of worship trying to provide a sense of security to this very rattled community. heather? >> heather: thank you, jackie. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are condemning the attack and calling for action to fight anti-semitism. >> the leaders must stand up and condemn any action against marginal groups. it's not only words, its actions to make it clear that those responsible will be held fully accountable, whether it's a synagogue in pittsburgh, the

home of an orthodox rabbi, we all need to stand up and say, it's wrong to attack people based on their faith and see this anti-semitism growing throughout our country is something we need to be warned about but stand up against. >> heather: let's get this discussion going and begin with richard fowler. in the center seat today, your thoughts on this? >> richard: i think this is a very sad attack and as we sort of turned to a new decade, this decade will be scarred with domestic terrorism. not only did we see this attack here but i think about mother emanuel's church, el paso, texas, at that walmart or parkland or -- over and over again we saw this decade were folks used hate to kill other people and no matter if you are a democrat or republican, we got to figure out, how do we confront hate no matter where we see it? an deroute it. en routwould be a better word. >> heather: and rachel, trying

>> rachel: it's been interesting, mayor de blasio seems to be pointing to washington, d.c., specifically donald trump yet we've seen incident after incident in new york city that seems to indicate that there could be a pattern. we know that the family of the attacker says, listen, this man is mentally deranged, mentally unstable, he's been in the hospital. they say their experience with him is that he is a loving, good human being but we had a report this morning on "fox & friends" that says they are still looking to see that he may be connected to another synagogue attack and we don't know the results of that but if that's the case that would certainly undermine with the family is saying. but there is certainly a pattern here and for those people who live in new york, they may not like donald trump but -- it may not be sufficient for bill de blasio to point to new york and not stick to the problem and there clearly is our problem affecting people's personal safety and by the way, this is a

big tourism city. people don't want to see this kind of violence. >> kat: i think bill de blasio saying this is the white house's fault is the exact opposite of what anyone on either side should be doing because i think any american who is not a sociopath looks at the sam says this is disgusting, this is wrong, it needs to stop. if we can't unite around that, what can we unite around, honestly? >> capri: we hear this often, "love is love," hate is hate. we have to go at combating hate wherever it goes and this is not just a federal issue or a new york issue, this is something we saw in pittsburgh, in my own hometown back in ohio several months ago, there was an incident of a young man who on his social media actually posted some anti-semitic remarks and he actually was plotting to blow up

a jewish community center in our community as well as i believe a nursing home. this is a state, local, and federal issue. we have hate crime statutes that need to be enforced. we also do need to get the total picture, anti-semitic hate crimes have increased over the last several years and we need to get to the root of what is causing that hate. >> heather: i think the latest statistic they had is in the last year, anti-semitism attacks have risen like 21%. let's go back to what you were saying in reference to blaming president trump. this morning, these specific areas, if you take the three in the new york area, in terms of donald trump's approval rating, they are over 90% in those specific areas so you can't really point to president trump as being the issue. >> richard: in 2001 after the 9/11 attacks, we saw state,

federal, and local governments respond to foreign terrorism swiftly and strongly and as we approach is new decade we need to see local, federal -- local state, and national governments respond to domestic terrorism i. the response should be just as swift and just as fast because americans are dying. >> heather: there seems to be an interesting anti-semitism when it comes from the far right. >> richard: i don't care about where it comes from. >> rachel: you see this, there is an unwillingness to look at what's happening on the left, whether it's the boycott in sanctioned movements, there are elements of that end i think it needs to be explored and not just sort of a pond off to donald trump which by the way is not very credible given what you said, this is the most pro-israel president we've ever had with grandchildren who are jewish, if i was a new yorker i

would be very disillusioned by the response of bill de blasi de blasio. >> kat: i really hate any discussion of politics when it comes to this at all because i don't think the average person looks at something like this and says, okay, how can i spin this for political gain and i think that's disgusting, quite frank frankly. >> richard: this is far beyond politics. there was a response from both democrats and republicans voting together to secure americans and we need the same response, this will decade we can go year after year, incident after incident, we've seen americans die because of american-bread hate and we had to deal with is the same way we deal with foreign-bread hate. >> capri: if only policymakers in washington would listen to us on that couch. >> heather: we will see what happens next. i had, a growing war of words

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reversing course, saying he would comply if the senate a shooissued a subpoena for his testimony. this comes one day after he said he would not honor any subpoena, saying it would distract from the president's behavior. take a look. >> i would obey any subpoena that was sent to me about the point i was making as it relates to me is the only rational reason, that i could possibly be called in and impeachment trial was can i share shed any light on whether or not he committed the crime? and there's no reason to believe i would have any notion about whether he committed that crime. >> heather: meanwhile, senator elizabeth warren saying the former vp should comply if the senate issued a lawful subpoena. all right, he says he's clean as a whistle and there is no need to investigate, has he been sufficiently investigated in

terms of his connection to the very corrupt burisma, his sons connection to burisma, has not been sufficiently investigated? >> kat: i'm not sure i know the answer to that question, i always err on the side of wanting to know more, whether we talking about a democrat or republican, i just think the way this whole thing played out is really ironic given that joe biden's original goal, he said was that he wouldn't want to do that because it would take the coverage off of the trump impeachment trial and by saying he wouldn't comply at first, that's exactly what he did, that's what everyone is talking about, why not, why wouldn't you? so he has to reverse course. but i think that may be the isn't on him, he could have handled it a lot better. everyone's talking about this and not trump which is what he wanted to avoid in the first place. i don't see any reason why he shouldn't. >> heather: richard, elizabeth warren has jumped in and said listen, he should.

do you think that's why he reversed course? and do you think the presidential candidate, his rivals, do they have an incentive in pressuring him, maybe a little bit on this? >> richard: it's all fair in love and war. i think the vice president should comply, i think that's a different context from the white house. rudy giuliani refused to comply with a congressionally issued subpoena. the reason i think that's important is it doesn't matter who is in power, the idea that congress has the power to issue a subpoena, americans abide by duly issued subpoenas. >> capri: i agree with both of these guys, it's imperative, and i think first of all the way joe biden handled this was another error coming out of the joe biden campaign where i think he should have just come out of the gate saying he was going to

comply. because democrats time and again have criticized the trump administration for basically holding these witnesses back, saying we need more information. you can't call for more information on one side and with holden on other so i'm a huge fan of equity and i think it's important for us to be able to practice what we preach and i think joe biden is now on the right side here by saying he would comply. speeches and people say on the republican side, that this was not a fair thing, that it was done for political purposes. if it was done for political purposes, others say the one who's been hurt the most is probably joe biden because if you talk about ukraine it's hard not to talk about berger's mother hunter biden. >> heather: one of the things i this morning in reference to

joe biden actually reversing course and saying he was willing to comply with the subpoena is because there's so many republicans coming out right now and saying, we don't want to have witnesses, we want this to be a very quick trial. thinking it will be safe for him to now say, i won't even be called. that's one of the ideas. >> richard: i think there should be witnesses, i think the idea of having a trial with no witnesses is not necessarily a trial. >> rachel: i think nancy pelosi is holding back on giving this over to the senate to follow through with this because i think this hasn't worked out the way democrats had hoped. really quick with "the wall street journal" editorial on all of this. "the house has impeach mr. trump in one of its articles to fight it subpoena but at least the president is defending his constitutional authority under the separation of powers.

he can ignore the senate subpoena on his own judgment. what do you say? >> richard: an unforced error that forced this "wall street journal" op-ed, the vice president corrected his course on this. it's important to know that this burisma situation only became thing after the vice president announced his candidacy for president. before that, hunter biden was on the board in 2014, donald trump tweeted in 2014, never brought up burisma until joe biden decided to run. we also never saw the video tape about him bragging about firing the prosecutor. the reason we need to actually hear what actually happened, what did mick mulvaney know, what does rudy giuliani and

know? the american people deserve th that. what did hunter biden oh, sure? >> rachel: as the trump administration steps up its border crackdown, what's behind the rise in u.s. citizens smuggling migrants into this country? plus, michael bloomberg unleashing a massive campaign ad attacking president trump in battleground states. should the president be concerned about this? we will debate that next, stay with us. ♪ of impulse control, is about to become your problem. ahh no, come on. i saw you eating poop earlier. hey! my focus is on the road, and that's saving me cash with drivewise. who's the dummy now? whoof! whoof! so get allstate where good drivers save 40% for avoiding mayhem, like me. sorry! he's a baby!

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$100 million ease reportedly spent on tv ads. "finding the most incisive way to attack a sitting president is extremely difficult for a variety of reasons. not only does the president enjoy the power and platform of incumbency but by and large americans have already formed their views over the course of the first term. capri, you said you definitely have something to say about th this. >> capri: i think we should acknowledge that the american public had informed its view long before they were running for president. the american people already have views formed in their mind. i think this is less about michael bloomberg trying to go out and actually move the needle on donald trump but rather show the democratic primary voters he is the person who can be the most forceful in bringing those attacks against donald trump.

i think this is more of a message directly to the democratic primary voters looking for someone who is not a socialist, theoretically, that can actually take on donald trump in a general election, that has the resources and argument to basically bring that on. he's a billionaire from new york just like the president and i think that's what he's trying to show. >> kat: this strategy is very similar to what hillary clinton did, we know that didn't work out. a lot of g.o.p. challengers did this in the primary. jeb bush had a ton of money, all this financial backing and not only is he not the president -- what is he doing? i don't know. i don't know what he does all day. politics have changed a lot, i think this might have been different before we had president trump in the arena about things that used to work in the past, we didn't see them work the last time around and i don't know if recent history is an indication, i don't see it necessarily working this time

around either. >> rachel: where he may think this might work, his hundred million dollars was effective, in elections where there were close margins, but i agree. i think attacking donald trump doesn't make a case for michael bloomberg and his real opponents right now are elizabeth warren and bernie sanders and pete buttigieg. i think what it points to is he is signaling to democrats, i have money and i'm willing to spend it to show everybody what i donald trump -- >> heather: does that make him relatable? president trump spent his own money when he was campaigning but i think for some reason it was a totally different type of you people took of it. >> richard: i think he's running a two-pronged strategy. he's focusing on delicate-rich

democratic primaries later on in the calendar, super tuesday states. in his mind, there is a rarity of footprint in these delicate-rich places. on the other side of that, his "i come from the middle class" introductory ads as well. i think that's his strategy, the strategy that will play in the big delicate-rich states. i will have enough delegates and enough money at the end of the race to then be able to compete. i'm not sure if that's a winning strategy, we never see that strategy play out in modern politics but we will see what he can do. we have a billionaire in the white house. everything is different. >> rachel: we could see -- could we see barack obama on the supreme court one day? watch what his former vp joe biden says when asked about it during a campaign event

saturday in iowa, take a look. >> will president biden nominate dr. obama to the supreme court? >> if he to take it, yes. >> rachel: only one former president has ever been a supreme court justice. when i heard this story, heather, i thought, you know, barack obama and michelle obama are doing a lot to earn money right now. they make probably $250,000 speech. would he be willing to go down and make $250,000 year as a supreme court justice? >> heather: i thought it was interesting, in terms of former president obama has not officially endorsed, obviously we all know that, joe biden. maybe this is his way of not asking him to endorse him.

>> kat: hopefully they're not watching but i'm friends with this couple and the girl, he is all over her social media and he doesn't post her at all and it's kind of like that, he's way more into obama than obama is into him. he says he doesn't care about the endorsement with his words but his actions, he's clearly trying to remind everyone of the association every chance he ge gets. >> capri: that's why she has a show called "sincerely." i think it's all about two things, subliminal "obama is my buddy," ps, hey, just in case you were thinking about endorsing me, here's a little incentive. i don't think that would actually sway obama, though.

>> rachel: joe biden presumably has the lead in terms of the african-american vote anyway. does he need obama and why won't obama help his buddy out? >> richard: usually sitting presidents wait to see how the primary shakes out before they endorse and i think obama will do the same. when i heard that question i wasn't sure which obama they were talking about. they both could be considered doctors. maybe it's michelle obama and i'm okay with that. >> rachel: answer the question, though. this is his vice president, why won't obama help him out? in many ways he has undermined in, pointed to other candidates. >> richard: i think what barack obama is trying to do a saying i think our party should have a healthy primary and that's exactly what our party is having. our primary is about debating ideas. figure out where we stand. i think what obama wants

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>> heather: as the trump administration cracks down on illegal border crossings, growing number of american citizens are helping smuggle migrants into the united states despite risking jail time. live in los angeles with more on the surprising story, good morning. >> some are finding the easy way to make some quick cash with a low risk of jail time, happening

because the administration's crackdown on the border and asylum claims. from high school students to unemployed moms, u.s. marines getting paid 300 bucks or more for a mexican or central american, $7,000 for a chinese migrant, driving a bogus ambulance to a full law enforcement at the border. prosecutors say mexican recruiters pray on vulnerable u.s. citizens. with the promise of quick cash, little effort, and low risk. >> maybe they i will give you $1200 to just don't ask what's in the vehicle, drive from point a to point b, that's what you've got to do. park it, leave the keys in the car and walk away. >> agents use dogs and stop suspicious vehicles at the point

of entry, having a fluent english speaking american driver, preferably local, helps. >> i don't think there's one profile that fits everyone, there certainly are people that do it over and over again but then they get caught and the consequences of a felony conviction are really tremendo tremendous. >> last year, 60% of those prosecuted for human smuggling were u.s. citizens. even last for a juvenile, a felony conviction is a hardship for most. heather? >> heather: thank you, william. this is very much a surprise, talk about the percentages, about 5,000 people participating in this type of behavior. it really is a sign of the fact that donald trump's policies are working, the cartels and people trying to get across the border have defined new ways to do it.

the border patrol is stopping suspicious people, english speakers, people who don't look like they are hispanic might be a better way to get across the border. to me it's a sign that it's working and that demand because now with this policy with mexico where they are holding people for asylum in mexico before they let them stay here, i think there's a lot of pent up demand for this, it's fascinating. >> kat: i think another way to look at it is even if there are certain laws that ramp up enforcement, people who really want to come here are going to try to find a way around that. this is not a comfortable journey these people are making, it's very dangerous, uncomfortable, not very safe. i think we need to look at our legal immigration process and maybe fix that so people who want to come here and want to contribute to our economy the legal way have more options for that.

>> capri: well, you have an american citizen who is willing to risk life and limb for a few hundred dollars or a few thousand dollars says to me there is an underlying issue here. the underlying issue the trump economy is not reaching these people and the trump economy is so strong, they are willing to engage in illicit activities to get a few hundred dollars, that combined with the fact that they may have an addiction problem, that they need to get quick money in their pockets. you need to look at the underlying issue here of what the motivation is for these individuals and in order to stop it, a felony conviction isn't enough, you need to combat the underlying issue, get these folks job training, get them recovery services or something. >> richard: an argument that's often missed in our politics, whether for the wall, against the wall, we fail to realize we

have a very archaic immigration system when they really are people in guatemala, honduras, who want to come to the united states because they can't live there anymore, it's too violent. suspend reality for a minute, a mother who will pack up everything she has and take her children and walk, we are a caring and compassionate and generous nation, we've got to figure out how to make our policy works of those people are part of our policy. >> heather: a lot of these people who are attempting to cross the border are doing it for economic reasons and that's not supposed to be part of why they are allowed to come here. >> rachel: we are the most generous country in the world when it comes to immigration, we let more people in by a long shot than any other nation in the world and there is a legal way to do it. some of the people that are most opposed to illegal immigration are people who have done it

legally, there is a system to do it and people skirt the system, there are people who have been waiting in line for 15 years, it's not fair. fairness matters to americans. >> richard: i think there is a something to be said, i agree with fairness and modernization of the system, our system has to be humane. separating children from their families has to stop, the only thing that can happen is democrats and republicans working together in washington. >> heather: that happens across the administrations, both sides of the aisle. president trump singling out leaders in new york and california for their issues with homelessness and now new york city's democratic mayor is firing back. >> the federal government needs to help us. for decades, this was a bipartisan consensus, the federal government provided rental assistance money so people could get apartments in private housing. [ suspenseful music ]

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asking or advocating for -- they are not advocating for prices to go lower for housing, they are talking about regulations like the green new deal which are going to exponentially increase the cost of housing and that's the problem, the cost of housi housing. >> kat: another city where this is a huge problem is obviously san francisco and they also have these regulations that make it very difficult to help solve the problem. to be when you videos coming out of different scenes across california, actually. that will be my question, who determines how this money will be spent, how much individual states get to come of that type of thing. >> capri: as a former lawmaker i would say this is a partnership issue between state, local, and federal officials. it's certainly not the only agency, it's not solely the federal government's jurisdiction and i think to that end, there are a number of different contributing factors to homelessness. certainly rising housing costs are one of them but income

inequality -- >> rachel: why are we seeing it mostly in cities run by democrat? >> capri: people are not paying attention to the point in time count in homelessness because it exists, people live under bridges in ohio, too. nobody talks about it because there's not resources. it's not covered and it's very, very difficult to track those things. >> kat: in the meantime, hud secretary ben carson is weighing in on the crisis in on the west coast. >> we been making very good progress over the course of the last decade in terms of homelessness except in california. if you take the other 49 states, subject california, the rate of homelessness is actually going down by california is 16.4% increase. ask yourself the question, why

is that happening. >> richard: neighboring jurisdictions, they don't want to deal with the problem, cities keeps tabs on these things. the solution is simple, you have to deal with how do we put these folks in homes? if they are dealing with drug addiction, how do we deal with those problems? take these problems one by one, it's a combination of the federal government, working with the state government, coming together and figuring out, how do we deal with homelessness? wrapping around the services of these individuals to make sure they are not living on the streets and getting all the things they need. >> heather>> and i find it inte, bill de blasio talking about caring about individuals and getting money and more housing for them when he was actually shipping them out of state

previously. but now he cares about them. >> kat: i think we absolutely do need people to work together on this issue and we are not seeing that. it's not time to play the game. >> capri: bloomberg just got bunch of hotel rooms for the homeless. that's real. >> rachel: you bring up a good point, we see a lot of drug problems, homelessness, drug addiction, those things come together. if we want to deal with drug addiction we also have to deal with homelessness, so you are right. we do need to have a comprehensive solution. >> kat: new york city getting ready for the annual ball drop in times square. as we prepare to ring in the new year, a new poll gives us an idea of how americans feel about whether things can get better or worse in the new year. the numbers and what they tell us next. ♪ ...that is certain. but history tells us that economies

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>> the countdown is on 42020 and american seem to be very optimistic about the new year, at least according to ben yu usa today university poll. 80% believe their lives will improve next year with many pointing to the strong economy. but when asked about the nation as a whole, the response was not as sunny, with a sharp divide among party lines. more republicans and democrats predicting better days ahead. i just had my next child so i'm very optimistic about the future but what do you say to the disparity when they asked about their own lives going well? >> it doesn't really seem to make sense because especially since democrats think they are getting their a new president. maybe they don't like they think trump is going to win again, but i don't like to make any predictions for myself because you never know what's going to happen. just because it's a new year,

your life is pretty much the same as it was on december 31st and january 1st no matter how much people try to convince themselves otherwise. you don't know how it's going to happen but you think being pessimistic is better because then you are pleasantly surprised as things go well. >> i subscribe to her view of setting your expectations low, you are pleasantly surprised of something good happens. but people generally feel that the economy is going well. there are some that say, my personal experience might be good in my own home in my own job but there are other things to consider as far as values in the direction of the economy, whether it's immigration, things that are happening at the border, health care, our stature in the world. i think they are looking at this

bifurcated for a reason. >> is a national pessimism on the democrat side what kat says, maybe democrats feel like they may not win in 2020? do they think it's a reflection of that? >> i am very optimistic in 2020. but i think it has more to do with -- the economy is doing well by all indicators but i think it's a level of on the democratic side at least a absence of moral leadership. if he says he has an african-american outreach strategy and is trying to work at that, he needs to work on how he is a better moral leader in this year. >> so you think this should be donald trump's new year's resolution? >> yes. >> meanwhile he has made the economy the best in our lifetime so, maybe he needs to work on something. richard thank you, thank you kat and capri, we are back at noon

eastern and "outnumbered overtime" begins now with hannah childers and for harris. >> would begin with another update for you, the u.s. launches air strikes on five facilities in iraq and syria belonging to an l mike and i linked militia. i'm heather childers in for harris faulkner. chyron is saying it will fight back against what it calls american aggression after these latest air strikes. the move comes after a rocket attack in northern iraq last week killed an american defense contractor. enies it was behind that attack which also injured for u.s. service members. >> this is a defensive action designed to protect american